[Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-17 Thread w4wsm
Is it something that can be done in the field? I'm thinking a big multielement fiberglass antenna...haven't seen it yet. Ben --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Ken Arck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:36 PM 2/17/2007, you wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Any idea what kind of bandwidth a full s

[Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-20 Thread Ron Wright, Skywarn Coodinator
Ben, The Phelps Dodge/Cel Wave and now Cel Wave/? had 8 Mhz. One thing to keep in mind. The 150-160 version had 6 dbd gain, but due to the fiber glass enclosure being only so long one element had to be removed in the 140-150 MHz Ham version so gain was rated at 5.1 dbd. This was from long ti

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:21 PM 2/17/2007, you wrote: >Is it something that can be done in the field? I'm thinking a big >multielement fiberglass antenna...haven't seen it yet. <---There's an article about doing so at the RB webpage. Have a look: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/retuning-a-stationmaster.html

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-18 Thread k1ike_mail
I remember this trick being done by a ham in upstate New York when I lived up there over 35 years ago. I thought that this only "fixes" the reflected power problem but the performance of the antenna is poor due to the signal take-off angle. The foil does not fix the phasing of the elements in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-18 Thread no6b
At 2/18/2007 06:21, you wrote: >I remember this trick being done by a ham in upstate New York when I lived >up there over 35 years ago. I thought that this only "fixes" the >reflected power problem but the performance of the antenna is poor due to >the signal take-off angle. The foil does not

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-19 Thread Gary Schafer
> -Original Message- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:22 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandw

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-19 Thread no6b
At 2/19/2007 17:44, you wrote: > > I tried this mod. with only slight variations, then compared the gain > > against my other antennas & found it to be as expected given the antenna > > length. > >Bob, > >What was expected? Did it have the same gain as it had before the >modification but now on the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth?

2007-02-20 Thread Gary Schafer
ter-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wright, Skywarn Coodinator > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:03 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth? > > Ben, > > The Phe